On December 17 2006 The New York Times began a series of front-page stories about documents obtained from Alaska lawyer Jim Gottstein showing Eli Lilly had concealed that its top-selling drug caused diabetes and other life-shortening metabolic problems. The Zyprexa Papers as they came to be known also showed Eli Lilly was illegally promoting the use of Zyprexa on children and the elderly with particularly lethal effects. Although Mr. Gottstein believes he obtained the Zyprexa Papers legally the